February 2017
CALENDAR
COMMUNITY LIFE
By KC Cowan
The Southwest Portland Post
Show: Amanda Triplett
3 & New Tracy Art Walstead
present “Bodily
Remnants” (soft sculpture) &
“Electric Sheep” (ink & acrylic ink
on paper) at the Multnomah Arts
Center Gallery, 7688 SW Capitol
Highway An opening reception will
be held in the gallery Friday, Feb. 3,
7–9 p.m. The show closes February
28.
The Immigrant Issue: Global
4 displacement
is on the rise.
Oregonians have and will continue
to see the results of international
migration in our neighborhoods.
J o i n t h e O re g o n H u m a n i t i e s
Conversation Project with Manuel
Padilla, to consider questions of
hospitality, identity, perception, and
integration and how it can benefit
our communities. Saturday, Feb. 4 at
the Garden Home Community Store,
7306 SW Oleson Road. Free. Time to
be announced. Call 503-245-9932 for
more information.
Southwest Community
Recycling: Volunteers are holding
a recyclables collection morning on
Saturday, Feb. 4, 9 a.m. to noon, at
St. John Fisher Church parking lot,
Southwest 45th Avenue at Nebraska
Street. Master recyclers will be on
hand to help you identify items that
can avoid the waste stream. Visit
www.community-recycling.org for
more information.
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Capitol Highway Subcommittee
will meet to discuss stormwater
issues on Monday, Feb. 6, from 7–9
p.m. at the Multnomah Arts Center,
7688 SW Capitol Highway For more
information, please email Chris
Lyons at chrislyons7@yahoo.com.
Singer/Songwriters Circle: Cal
Scott and Richard Moore welcome
Portland singer-songwriter Thad
Beckman to their bi-monthly circle
at O’Connor’s Vault in Multnomah
Village, Monday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.
Thad’s mastery of finger-style,
electric and steel guitar will
thrill you. Advance tickets are
$15 each at http://circlethad.
brownpapertickets.com. For more
information, contact Matt Miner
mattminermusic@gmail.com.
Neighborhood
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ssociation will meet on
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at the
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW
Capitol Highway. Agenda items
include the presentation of the
Portland Tree Steward, and a report
on the neighborhood’s objections to
elements of the 2035 Comprehensive
Plan.
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Museum Junkies Unite!
Portland author Marilynne
Eichinger will read from her book,
Lives of Museum Junkies, at Annie
Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol
Hwy, on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.
Follow the missteps and
breakthroughs of Marilynne
Eichinger and 11 other naïve, but
dedicated, museum directors and
managers as they strove to change
the way science was taught. Free.
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Fall Prevention for Seniors:
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focusing on factors such
as medication side
effects, poor vision and
balance, difficulty
walking, and home
hazards. Saturday, Feb.
11, 10:30 a.m.–noon at
the Capitol Hill Library,
10723 SW Capitol
Highway Registration
required– online, in the
library or by calling
503-988-5234.
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Basket Case:
Come to the
Hillsdale Library, 1525
S.W. Sunset Blvd. and
learn how to create
your own handheld coil Mojo Holler, a blues and roots band, will perform on
basket using a variety of Friday, Feb. 10, 8 to 11 p.m. at O'Connor's Vault, 7850
re-purposed materials. SW Capitol Highway, in Multnomah Village. Visit www.
Registration required: mojoholler.com/ for details.
online, in the library or
by calling 503-988-5234. Sunday, Feb.
12, 2-4 p.m.
Needle Felt Flowers
Workshop: Learn to create
simple, elegant looking 3-D flowers
using barbed needles to tangle and
compact natural wool fibers.
Cost of $20 includes all supplies. No
experience necessary. This event is
Monday, Feb. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Mittleman Jewish Community
Center, 6651 SW Capitol Highway.
For more information, call 503-244-
0111.
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Editor’s Note: Don Snedecor and Erik
Vidstrand contributed to this calendar.
Help Wanted:
Advertising Sales Rep.
The Post is seeking a
freelance advertising
sales representative to sell
advertising to neighborhood
businesesses.
Please e-mail resume
and cover letter to
don@multnomahpost.com